Recommended Reading

These are just a few of our favourite titles, which we’ve categorised for every type of grower and specific interest.

We also have our own society library, access to which is available to all members at every meeting held at the BNSS. Check out our events page to see when our next meeting is.

General 

·      The British Orchid Council Year Book – a Guide for Orchid Enthusiasts*

·      RHS publication - The Orchid Review*

·      Hardy Orchid Society – Journal of the Hardy Orchid Society

 

Novice Grower 

·      Bournemouth Orchid Societies - Orchid Cultural Guide (available for purchase at our shows)

·      Kew Garden guides – Orchids, Joyce Stewart

·      Step-by -step Guide to Growing and Displaying Orchids, Wilma Rittershausen, Gill and David Oakey, Neil Sutherland*

·      Growing Orchids, Brian and Wilma Rittershausen

·      Intriguing Masdevallias, Jo Kelleher – cool growing orchids

·      Beautiful Indian Orchids, B. N. Ghose

 

Competent Grower

·      Orchids of Tropical America, Joe E. Meisel – an introduction and guide

·      Australian Native Orchid Society, Victorian Group Inc. - Cultivation of Australian

Native Orchids

·      Slipper Orchids of Borneo, Phillip Cribb

·      Growing Hardy Orchids, Phillip Seaton, Phillip Cribb, Margaret Ramsay & John Haggar

·      A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species ,Vol 1 & 2, Parsons & Gerritsen*

 

Expert Grower 

·      A revision of Dendrobium Section Oxyglossum (Orchidaceae) Notes from the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh, Vol 46 No 2

·      Aerangis, Isobyl La Croix

·      Hardy Cypripedium Species, hybrids and cultivation, Werner Frosch and Phillip Cribb

·      The Organ Mountain Range - its history and its Orchids, David Millar, Richard Warren, Isabel Moura and Helmut Seehawer*

 

History and Exploration

·      Orchids, One Family’s Passion, Wilma Rittershausen

·      The Orchid Hunter, Leif Bersweden

·      Wild Orchids of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Martin N. Jenkinson

·      Wild Orchids of Dorset, Martin N. Jenkinson

·      Discovering New World Orchids, Steve Manning*

·      Orchid Hunting in The Lost World (and Elsewhere in Venezuela), G.C.K. Dunsterville and E. Dunsterville

·      The Orchid Hunter, Norman MacDonald

             

*Copies available in the Bournemouth Orchid Societies library

NB – some of the publications listed above are now rare, and therefore; may not always be available.

If you want to ask about other publications in person, please refer to our events page for details about attending one of our shows or meetings and we will be happy to help you out. Otherwise, please raise your question using the contact form within our FAQ section.